Type make in the root of Zotonic (there where the Makefile is located).

When the build is done, start Zotonic in debug mode:

bin/zotonic debug

You see Zotonic starting up, lots of messages passing by.

Now point your browser to:

http://localhost:8000/

You now should see a welcome message, “Powered by Zotonic”. The
site you are looking at is called zotonic_status, which is the
default site for when there are no “real” sites configured
yet. note: don’t bother to log in yet on this screen; that will
come later (if you’re interested, see The Zotonic “status” site)

You are now in the master branch, which contains the current
development version of Zotonic. To switch to the more stable 0.12
version, switch to the release-0.12.x branch:

git checkout release-0.12.x

Type make in the root of Zotonic (there where the Makefile is located).

When the build is done, start Zotonic in debug mode:

bin/zotonic debug

You see Zotonic starting up, lots of messages passing by.

Now point your browser to:

http://localhost:8000/

You now should see a welcome message, “Powered by Zotonic”. The
site you are looking at is called zotonic_status, which is the
default site for when there are no “real” sites configured
yet. note: don’t bother to log in yet on this screen; that will
come later (if you’re interested, see The Zotonic “status” site)